Anomiopus puncticollis ( Harold, 1862 )

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 15

Anomiopus puncticollis ( Harold, 1862)

Fig. 6B

Onthocharis puncticollis Harold, 1862: 400 (original description). Type locality: Brazil. Name-bearing type: syntype (following Recommendation 73F of the Code, and contra “ holotype ” according to Canhedo 2006) (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Onthocharis puncticollis – Gillet 1911b: 51 (catalogue). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (catalogue).

Anomiopus puncticollis – Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (checklist for Brazil). — Canhedo 2004b: 457 (key); 2006: 473 (description). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 60 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Distribution

Venezuela and Brazil ( Canhedo 2006).

Subregion of Venezuela

System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Canhedo 2004b: 457 ( Venezuela); 2006: 473 ( Venezuela: Bolívar: Río Caura, near Puerto Cabello and 10 km N of Corocito).

Remarks

Although the CEMT houses no specimens identified as A. puncticollis , let alone one from Venezuela, we accept Canhedo’s (2004b, 2006) record of the species from the country (later repeated by Hielkema & Hielkema 2019) for her work was a complete monograph of the genus, including the study of the type specimens and proper delimitation of the species boundaries. It is, therefore, unlikely she would misidentify the specimens she had in front of her. This material, consisting of five specimens collected in the state of Bolívar in 1987, was recorded in her work as housed in BDGC, FGIC, and MCNZ, the holdings of which were not studied for the present catalogue.

Figures

Fig. 6. Species distribution. A. Anomiopus palmispinus Canhedo, 2006. B. Anomiopus puncticollis (Harold, 1862). Black circle = literature data.